Environmental principles : from political slogans to legal rules
This title traces the evolution of environmental principles from their origins as vague political slogans to their embodiment in enforceable laws
History
xlviii, 433 pages
9780199254743, 0199254745
1052809763
pt. I. The Polluter-Pays, Prevention, and Precautionary Principles; Three Approaches to Environmental Risk. 1. The Polluter-Pays Principle. 2. The Principle of Prevention. 3. The Precautionary Principle
pt. II. The Legal Status and Role of the Polluter-Pays, Preventive, and Precautionary Principles: A Shift from Modern to Post-Modern Law. 4. Theoretical Presentation of Modern and Post-Modern Principles. 5. The Evolving Function of Environmental Directing Principles in the Transition from Modern to Post-Modern Law. 6. The Legal Status of the Directing Principles of Environmental Law: From Political Slogans to Normative Principles. 7. Environmental Directing Principles Versus Free Trade